CHAPTER 26

“That’s my baby sis. Now go and take a shower and sleep. I want you to be fresh when morning comes and this stays between the two of us. I wouldn’t want dad to know that you have been drinking. You know he will go crazy over this,” Victor reminded her and she nodded her head.
“I will go to bed now, love you Vic and goodnight,” she said as she kissed her brother on the cheeks.
“Love you too baby sis,” he said and she kissed her on the cheeks too.
She staggered to go to the stairs but he came to her rescue and scooped her up. Victor carried her to her bedroom and left as soon as she entered the bathroom. She was a lucky one, she thought.
She had a family that worried about her and comforted her when she was in pain. There were so many people who didn’t have that privilege like her. Maybe she should just be content with what she have and stop crying over spilt milk.
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Victor found it hard to sleep after seeing his sister wallowing in her sorrows. He was happy the day she was brought into this life. Seeing her small feet and hands, that little smile and the joy on his parents face was that all he needed to know that his bundle of joy had arrived.
His entire life he had made it his priority to see his baby sister happy but it came unexpected that she was in love with his best friend. How could she fall for someone who saw her in her diapers?
He was in so much stress. When he saw that he completely brushed it aside, thinking that it was just a fling and it was passing. It was only these past few days he realized how grave the whole situation was and he was glad that he came and talked to her.
He was going to take her out and spoil her until she forgets about her unrequited love for Edward. Maybe it was time for him to set his sister up, there were so many guys there who were interested in her.
He has no beef with his friend but he has been with him for long and he had never seen him date a much younger girl before. They were already in their thirties and being with a teenage girl wasn’t their fantasy. He himself preferred them mature and older.
He had to do something quick to make his sister forget about him. After seeing that his sister was well taken of, he was going to have a heart to heart talk with his friend and hear his own side of the story.
He wasn’t just going to make him the bad guy for rejecting his precious sister. He might have some reasons and he was going to hear him out nicely and in a professional way.
He was going crazy already, why did she have to pick one guy he grew up and see as his own brother? It was as if she was waging a war and this was not going to be smooth at all.
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Selena crawled out of bed slowly and quietly so as to not wake her husband who was fast asleep. He came back home tired, it must have been tiring and she just wanted him to rest.
She slowly left the bedroom and went down the stairs. At this rate she was going to be caught. She walked into the kitchen, towards the refrigerator and opened it. She took out the lunchbox containing the ice-cream and placed it on the table.
She found a bowl in the kitchen unit and a spoon in the drawer. She scooped some ice cream into her bowl and made herself comfortable at the table. She was so hungry that the only thing she just wanted to do was eat and eat.
She began to help herself with the ice-cream but that didn’t stop her hunger. She combed through the fridge but there was no left over left. What was she going to do? She couldn’t eat another bowl of ice-cream again. Disappointed by what just happened, she threw herself in the chair and sighed.
As she sat there she heard the door bell ring. Who was it at this time of the night? All the staff was off and since she was the only one awake she had to go and see who was ringing this time of the night.
“Don’t worry, I will get it,” Sean said as he appeared behind her back and she jumped.
“Can’t you just make some sound when you walk?” she yelled at him, while clutching tight at her chest.
Her heart was beating so fast she thought it was going to jump out right out of her chest.
“Sorry baby girl,” he said as he wrapped his arms around her.
She melted against his touch. He was the only one capable of doing that, not that she had anyone to compare him to.
“You are forgiven. I thought that you were asleep. Why are you up?” she asked as turned around to face him.
“I saw that you didn’t come back for a while and realized that you might have sneaked out for some food so I ordered some,” he said and she smiled at him.
“Thanks,” she said as she stood on her toes and gave him a kiss on the lips.
“I will be right back, so sit tight and wait for me,” he said as he pried himself away from her.
Sean disappeared for a while and returned with a box of pizza, her favorite and some soda. He helped her sit at the table and poured two glasses of soda. She looked at him with so much love in her eyes. She couldn’t believe that he had done this for her. She was so grateful that she didn’t know how to thank him.
“You are the best, you know,” she said as she threw a slice of pizza in her mouth.
“I know baby girl, now eat and let’s go back to bed. Do you want to go on a date with me?” he asked her and she looked at him.
They never went on a date before, she had never been on one so if she says yes that meant that she will have her first one with her husband; how could she say no to that?
“I would love to but don’t you have work to do?” she asked him.
“That can wait. I am going to spend some more time with you. I have been working my entire life, I need a break too,” he said as he wiped her lips with his thumb.
“Thanks for saying that, I will make sure that I have fun and enjoy,” she said with a smile on her face.
It was going to be an epic day, she was already picturing out already in her mind and she just couldn’t wait.